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Guest Post: Are Eggs Nature’s Statin?

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This is a guest post by Skyler Tanner. Skyler has been in the health, fitness, and physical performance field for nearly a decade. On top of constant self-experimentation, he maintains a large training client load in which to further test and improve theories. He recently started a website in which [...]

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Digest - Statins, Probiotics, Cataracts, and More

I have some stuff going on in my personal life that I’m sorting through, so I’m going to be MIA a bit here. But I do have a bunch of articles I tagged to look at and thought I’d throw them out here for your perusal and discussion. Enjoy…I’ll be around, but not [...]

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Could Cholesterol Be Beneficial? Say It Ain’t So, Joe

I couldn’t help but grin at this title: Surprise — Cholesterol May Actually Pose Benefits, Study Shows. Uhh….surprise for whom?
Here are a few humorous quotes from the article, at least for those of us that are cholesterol skeptics.
it’s very possible that cholesterol may not be the mean Mr. Evil thing we tend to believe [...]

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Cholesterol and Stroke

Dr. Briffa posted an article on his blog today titled Scientists appear reluctant to admit that a serious blow has been dealt to the cholesterol hypothesis regarding this study.
First, a comment on the opening line of the Forbes article.
The link between high cholesterol and heart disease is clear to most in the medical community, but [...]

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Statins for Kids?!?

Heart Association Recommends Statins for Kids with High Cholesterol
From the AHA comes this little gem:
When diet and exercise fail to lower cholesterol in children with high-risk lipid abnormalities, statins should be first-line drug therapy, declared the American Heart Association in a new scientific statement.
Yes, statins. For kids. I guess the pharmaceutical companies have [...]

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